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Des Plaines, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...and the population more than doubled to 8,798 in 1930. A city form of government was adopted in 1925...
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Estonians, Bernard Maegi(
Authored Entry
) ...also fled after the failed 1905 revolution. In 1930, immigrants such as these organized Chicago's...
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Evergreen Park, IL, Betsy Gurlacz(
Authored Entry
) ...705 in 1920, a 30-year growth spurt began in 1930. The Little Company of Mary Hospital opened that...
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| 504 |
Ice Hockey, Seth Brady(
Authored Entry
) ...Americans (1926–1927) and the Chicago Shamrocks (1930–1932). It was not until 1963, when the...
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Homewood, IL, John H. Long(
Authored Entry
) ...from 713 in 1910 to 1,389 in 1920 and 3,227 in 1930. Relatively little direct benefit accrued from...
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Latvians, Andris Straumanis(
Authored Entry
) ...trickle, although numbers are sketchy, since until 1930 the census grouped Latvians with Russians or...
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Leather and Tanning, David Blanke(
Authored Entry
) ...leather” production remained stable from 1890 to 1930, the relative slow growth in leather-working...
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Legal Aid, Christopher Thale(
Authored Entry
) ...connections or money were often ignored. In 1930 Cook County appointed its first public defender to...
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| 509 |
Morton Grove, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...between 300 and 500 workers. Between 1900 and 1930 the local economy depended on the wholesale...
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| 510 |
Motoring, James Akerman(
Authored Entry
) ...to one car for every eight inhabitants by 1930, but lagged behind state and national averages (...
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| 511 |
Mount Greenwood, Clinton E. Stockwell(
Authored Entry
) ...fighting the city for curbs and gutters. From 1930 to 1950, Mount Greenwood experienced its first...
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Mailing To the World, Sarah S. Marcus(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...Essay) International Harvester Company Annual Report, 1930 Creator: International Harvester Co....
...Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-59214) This 1930 annual report of the International Harvester Co....
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Emergence of Plumbers and Specialized Fixtures, Page 2, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...products were part of the post-World War II building boom that took place on Chicago’s Southwest and...
...closets, and more. See also: Construction ; Building Trades and Workers Montgomery Ward & Co. ,...
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Bloomingdale, IL, Jane S. Teague(
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) ...shopping and professional area, complete with replicas and renovations of historic buildings....
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Community Organizing, Larry Bennett(
Authored Entry
) ...the mid-1970s, its agenda-setting, coalition-building, and fund-raising strategies were adopted by...
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Fort Sheridan, Eleanor Hannah(
Authored Entry
) ...Environmental cleanup began in 1993. Ninety-four buildings, including 64 designed by Holabird &...
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Oakbrook Terrace, IL, Margaret Franson Pruter(
Authored Entry
) ...construction of DuPage County's tallest office building, the 31-story Oakbrook Terrace Tower near...
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Palatine, IL, David Buisseret(
Authored Entry
) ...up to rapid automobile travel, and residential building accelerated. The streets were generally laid...
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| 519 |
Baseball, Raymond Schmidt(
Authored Entry
) ...were 45 amateur teams competing in the city. By 1870 the newspapers of Chicago were reporting the...
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| 520 |
Suffrage, Maureen A. Flanagan(
Authored Entry
) ...enfranchised African Americans in Illinois in 1870, black Chicagoans moved slowly into politics and...
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